39
(Fenelon, Francois)
(Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d\'Ulysse)
Estimate: $800-$1,200
Sold
$650
Live Auction
Property from the Aline Elwes McDonnell Trust
Description
(Fenelon, Francois)
(Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse)
No place, no date (ca. 18th century). 12mo. Text in German and in French. Illustrated with many engraved plates. Bound in a Continental silver repousse binding with clasp, with two sets of indistinct hallmarks; 18th-century ownership signature of Frejus (?) Simon Hollander on rear paste-down; lacking several preliminary leaves from front and rear, including title-page; some plates loose or starting.
Condition
Please see images.
Provenance
Provenance:Aline Thorold (1869-1951) m. Ernest James Wythes (1868-1949) at Copped Hall, Essex, until 1917 and The Wood House, Essex, thereafter and by descent toBarbara Dorothy Wythes (1896-1984) m. (Francis) Guy Robert Elwes (1895-1966) at The Wood House, Essex until 1961 and Ham Spray House, Marlborough, thereafter and by descent to Aline Mary Margaret (Elwes) McDonnell (1923-2023) m. Hubert McDonnell Jr. (1919-2004), Greenwich, Connecticut, and thence by descentPictured:An 1807 engraving of Copped Hall, S. Rawle from a drawing by S. Shepherd.Aline Elwes McDonnell and Family, circa 1954.